Tool guide and holder.



H. 0. BROWN.

TOOL GUIDE AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1912.

7 1,086,508. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON. D. c,

HOWARD 0. BROWN, OF HINSDALE, NEW YORK.

TOOL GUIDE AND HOLDER.

osasoa Application filed September 25, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 722,308.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD 0. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at l-iinsdale, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool Guides and Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

his invention relates to new and useful improvements in tool guides and holders, and is adapted to the use of artisans such as blacksmiths, locksmiths, plumbers and others, for the purpose of holding and guiding a tool, such as punch or chisel which often requires to be held in position for operation by a helper, the object of the invention being to dispense with the services of the helper by enabling such tool to be quickly and accurately adjusted and held by the artisan himself.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will possess advantages in points of eiiiciency and durability, is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time is simple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved guide and holder showing the application and use of the same. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View, and Fig. 4 is a detail perpsective view of one of the supporting standards.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 indicates the body portion of the guide which is preferably constructed of a heavy band of steel or other suitable material bent into a substantially rectangular form and is provided upon opposite sides thereof with the supporting members 2, the lower ends of which are provided with the guide members 3 which are slidably mounted upon the supporting standards 4t, the supporting standards a being adjustably connected to the clamping feet 5. Formed integral with the upper ends of the supports 4 are the guide members 6 which are disposed in opposite directions to the guides 3 and adapted to engage over the longitudinal edges of the supporting members 2 to prevent lateral movement of these support 111g members.

The lower ends of the supports t are bent at substantially right angles, as shown at 7, and in which are mounted the screw bolts 8 adapted to be disposed within longitudinal slots 9 formed in the sliding plates 10 which comprise the feet 5. The plates 10 are so arranged as to slide in opposite directions, the opposite end of each plate being bent downwardly at right angles to the body portion, as shown at 11, and adapted to engage over the side edges of an anvil or other suitable stationary support so that when the thumb nuts 12 are tightened upon the bolts 8, the feet will be securely fastened to the support. It will be readily apparent that the plates 10 may be adjusted to various widths of anvils or other stationary support to which the device may be applied to.

Arranged within the body member 1 and upon opposite sides thereof are the bolts 13, the outer ends of which are provided with wing nuts 14 so that the same may be quickly and easily adjusted. Loosely mounted upon the inner ends of the bolts 13 are the curved guide plates 15 between which may be placed the punch, chisel, or other tool, the wing nuts 14: being turned to tighten the plates 15 against the sides of the tool to prevent lateral movement thereof.

It will be readily apparent that the device may be adjusted vertically to adapt the same with various lengths of tools, the same being adjusted by clamping the feet 5, secured to the support and then pulling upwardly upon the body portion of the device, the guides 3 sliding upon the longitudinal edges of the supporting member.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be readily apparent that I have provided a simple, durable tool of the above character which can be quickly and easily applied to an anvil or other stationary ob ject and in which a punch, chisel or other tool can be quickly and easily placed and secured in position.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction, and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing from the scope of the appended claim.

bers connecting the uprights and adjustable 10 tool-engaging means carried by these members.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HOWVARD 0. BROWN.

lVhat I claim is A vise attachment for an anvil comprising base plates, each composed of slotted interlapping sections having depending outer ends adapted to engage over the side edges of the anvil, sectional uprights having horizontal bottom portions or feet, clamp ing bolts and nuts connecting the base plate sections and the feet, adjustable upper mem- Witnesses WALTER H. WILLOVER, SPRAGUE BRYANT.

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